If you are thinking of selling your home soon, or any time in the future, remember that one of the aspects buyers will look to is how much it is costing you for your utilities; you know, how much is your electricity bill, your natural gas or home heating oil bill, and your water bill over the past one or two years.
I keep reading more and more how energy efficiency is coming to play more often by home buyers. Some jurisdictions even require energy audits, different from home inspections, to … [Read more...]

Editor's Note: To view the 500+ different energy and water conservation tips for the home we have collected, simply access our free home Energy Savings and Water Savings Guide, 2nd Edition
Last month, we began our review of the money saving, energy conservation, suggestions to reduce your home's heating bills this winter.
Many of these suggestions were simple to do and cost absolutely nothing at all.
Other tips we reviewed to reduce your home's heating bill cost just a little bit but … [Read more...]

There are many energy saving ways to reduce home heating bills in the winter.
Activities such as increasing attic insulation, sufficient wall insulation, basement wall insulation, high efficiency furnace, conversion to natural gas furnace (from, for example, home heating oil), solar air collectors, ENERGY STAR windows, and so on.
The challenge is that each of these above tactics cost a lot of money. We are talking $1,000 and up ... even after most available government grants.
And, … [Read more...]

Editor's Note: To view the 500+ different energy and water conservation tips for the home we have collected, simply access our free home Energy Saving and Water Saving Guide, 2nd Edition
In this two part series of our water heating related energy conservation tips, we look at the first several hot water energy conservation tips in our above Un-Offical Guide which cost absolutely nothing to do yet can reduce the amount of energy (electricity, natural gas) used to provide hot water for a … [Read more...]